While freshening rooms and linens during spring cleaning, don’t forget your favorite pillow. A pillow is one of the most overlooked personal possessions people have. Often times, it becomes so taken for granted that it’s not properly cared for. It’s good to remember that pillows get dirty and become heavily loaded with dust mites, mold, mildew and fungus.
Going on vacation is more than just a change in place, it’s also a change in your state of mind. So, with the economy in turmoil, more Americans are tightening their budgets and taking staycations, or vacationing at home.
Smoking was an important part of the life of a well-to-do gentleman in the 19th century. A cigar after dinner was routine. Smoking paraphernalia was created not only to be useful but also to show off wealth.
Are you in the market for a new sofa? This is one of the most important and expensive purchases you will make, as it should last at least 10 years. So, as much as you love that cherry-red love seat or the recliner with all the bells and whistles, it’s time to let level heads prevail. This should be more than an impulse buy.
DEAR GAIL: I have 15-month-old boy/girl twins. Right now they are still in cribs and sharing a room. One has a baby Noah’s ark theme in pastel colors; the other has zoo animals in blues, neon greens and different animal colors with lions, zebras, giraffes. The bedding would be too much for us to change so we just want to add to the room and maybe tie it all together. We have nothing but their cribs in the room and white walls. How can I decorate their room to tie the two together? — Dee
Professional as well as amateur designers often find it difficult to make a setting both stylish and comfortable. Achieving one or the other usually isn’t a daunting challenge if “stylish” is taken to mean whatever’s trendy at the moment and if “comfortable” is interpreted as “casual.”
A one-story cottage developed during the design stage has proven one of the biggest factors for success at the Cottages of Green Valley, a memory care and assisted living community in Henderson.
With a territory that covers North America and Latin America, businessman Michael Priller and his wife, Baerbel, found their base of operations at the gated Bella Fiore neighborhood built by Pardee Homes on The Falls Golf Course at Lake Las Vegas Resort.
Many Mountain’s Edge residents have formed an outdoor enthusiast club called the Mountain’s Edge Team. The 3,500-acre master-planned community is located in the southwestern Las Vegas Valley.
Mortgage rates on conforming loan amounts up to $417,000 — $729,750 in high-cost housing markets like San Francisco and New York City — are hovering close to 5 percent. That’s the good news. The challenge is getting through the approval process.
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, bordered by the master-planned community of Summerlin, won six readers’ picks awards in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2009 “Best of Las Vegas” with readers’ picks in the following categories: picnic spot, place to spot wildlife, place to take out-of-town visitors, place to hike, place to ride a bike and place to walk/jog.
I am taking another break this week from the regular Q&A format to discuss more homeowners association-related bills to be presented before the Legislature. I support all these bills and think they will be good for our communities.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Nevada Energy Star Partners a 2009 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. Their accomplishments were recognized at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. March 31.
Former San Francisco East Bay Area residents, Alfredo and Minda Hannenberg, have visited Las Vegas many times over the years, eventually purchasing a time-share unit.